Recent content by diybilly

its a potterton tattler boiler. did what you all said to do and so far (fingers crossed) flat is nice and warm and the burst radiator has been drained. do you advise that its best to put a new radiator in as soon as possible or would turning off both valves isolate it safely for now...

so this is showing me to be a complete diy novice: all i can find in flat is 1 water tank that feeds to the boiler / storage tank. coming out of the water tank is a c/h header tank pipe with a stop tap. the boiler dosent have any displays on, it just makes the occasional noise! do i just...

lesson learnt, giving up beer this month! cheers for quick replies, have turned both valves and the pressure of the leak is dropping rapidly :) no need for snorkels and flippers! am i right in thinking that now I've isolated the radiator, i can turn the c/h header tap back to open and use...

hello and help! Its sunday, so plumber would cost me the earth... just found the radiator in the hall split and water gushing out of a pin hole. Tried to isolate the radiator buy turning off both valves clockwise but one wont budge and the other one's plastic covering will not move either...